Space Shuttle program/Catalogs

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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about Space Shuttle program.

Shuttle Missions

Test Flights

Past Missions

Note: Information obtained from NASA Mission Archives

Flight Order Mission Number Space Shuttle Launch Pad Launch Date Landing Date Duration Landing Location Miles Traveled Crew Members Mission/Notes
1 STS-1 Columbia 39A April 12, 1981 April 14, 1981 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, and 53 seconds Edwards Air Force Base, California 1.074 million Commander John W. Young, Pilot Robert L. Crippen Shuttle Systems Test Flight/First Shuttle Mission
2 STS-2 Columbia 39A Nov. 12, 1981 Nov. 14, 1981 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, and 53 seconds Edwards Air Force Base, California 1.075 million Commander Joseph H. Engle, Pilot Richard H. Truly Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-1 (OSTA-1)/Second Shuttle Mission
3 STS-3 Columbia 39A March 22, 1982 March 30, 1982 8 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes, and 46 seconds White Sands, New Mexico 3.335 million Commander Jack R. Lousma, Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton Office of Space Science-1 (OSS-1)/Third Shuttle Mission
4 STS-4 Columbia 39A June 27, 1982 July 4, 1982 7 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes, and 31 seconds Edwards Air Force Base, California 2.9 million Commander Thomas K. Mattingly II, Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. Department of Defense/Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES)

Future (Planned) Missions